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Local Calls

by (author) Sean Howard

Publisher
Cape Breton University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2009
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897009420
    Publish Date
    Oct 2009
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

Sean Howard moved to Cape Breton from England in 1999. His poetry has been published in magazines including Geist, Other Voices, Quills, Prairie Journal, Prairie Fire, The Antigonish Review, The Nashwaak Review, Contemporary Verse 2, QWERTY,Vallum and Illuminations (USA), as well as A Quiet, Bashful Man (AB Collector Publishing, 2006), a tribute to the late Maritimes publisher Malcolm Somerville. In Britain, his work appeared in Acclaim, The New Writer, Writers' Monthly, Envoi,Haiku Poetry Quarterly, Poetry Nottingham International and elsewhere. Sean holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK, and from 1992-2003 worked as a researcher on nuclear disarmament and international security issues for a variety of non-governmental organizations. He lives in the beautiful lobster-fishing village of Main-à-Dieu, and is adjunct professor of political science at Cape Breton University.

About the author

Sean Howard’s poetry has appeared in such journals as Geist, The Antigonish Review, The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, Descant, and Arc. His first book, Local Calls, was published in 2009. Originally from the United Kingdom, Howard now lives in the lobster-fishing village of Main-à-Dieu, Cape Breton, and is adjunct professor of political science at Cape Breton University.

 

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